Hillsdale Whig Standard

GENERAL TAYLOR'S OPINIONS.
On War and Peace.
I sincerely rejoice at the prospect of peace. My
life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war
at all times and under all circumstances as a NATIONAL
CALAMITY, to be avoided if possible
with National honor.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.

Gen. Taylor's Views of Conquest.
The principles of our government, as well as its
true policy, are opposed to the subjection of other
nations, or the dismemberment of other countries by
conquest. In the language of the great Gen. WASHINGTON--"WHY SHOULD WE QUIT OUR OWN TO STAND
ON FOREIGN GROUND?"
ZACHARY TAYLOR.

Tariff. Currency, Internal Improvements &c
Upon the subjects of the Tariff, the Currency, the
improvement of our great highways, rivers, lakes
and harbors, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, AS expressed
through their Representatives in Congress,
ought to be respected and carried out by the Executive.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.

On the same subject.
I have never stated to any one that I was in FAVOR OF THE TARIFF OF '46--OF THE SUB-TREASURY.
that I originated the War with Mexico. Not finally, that I should (if elected) select my Cabinet from
both parties. No such admission or sentiments were
made by me to any person, at any time.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.

His Avowal of Whig Principles.
Although no politician, having always held myself
aloof from the clamors of party politics, I AM A
WHIG AND SHALL EVER BE DEVOTED IN
INDIVIDUAL OPINION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT PARTY.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.

After the discussion which occurred in both
Houses of Congress, growing out of the capitulation
of Monterey--I can hardly imagine how any one
who was present, and heard the speeches on the occasion,
or read them after they were published, could
well mistake the complexion of my politics.
Z. TAYLOR.

In the first part of the letter, from which the above
is an extract, Gen. Taylor declares himself a Whig.

His Preference for Clay,
At the last Presidential canvass, it was well known
to all with whom I mixed, Whigs and Democrats--
for I had no concealment in the matter--that I was
decidedly in favor of Mr. Clay's election, and would
now prefer seeing him in that office to any other individual in the Union.
Z. TAYLOR.

His Patriotism.
I have no private purposes to accomplish, no private
prejudices to build up, no enemies to punish--rather
nothing to serve but my country.
Z. TAYLOR.

Interference with Congress.
The Personal opinions of the individual who may
happen to occupy the Executive Chair, ought not to control
the action of Congress upon questions of domestic
POLICY: NOR OUGHT HIS OBJECTIONS TO BE
INTERPOSED WHERE QUESTIONS OF
CONSTITUTIONAL POWER HAVE BEEN
SETTLED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS of Government, and acquiesced in by the
people.
Z. TAYLOR.

On the Veto Power.
I have thought that for many years past, the known
opinions and wishes of the Executive have exercised an undue And INJURIOUS Influence upon
the Legislative department of the Government, and
for this cause I have thought our system was in danger
of undergoing a great change from its true policy.
Z. TAYLOR.

Views of the Duty of the Executive.
Should such high distinction be conferred upon me
as that of elevation to the Executive office, the Constitution in a strict and honest interpretation, and in
the spirit and mode in which it was acted upon
by the earlier Presidents, would be my chief guide.
Z. TAYLOR.

Views of Party Pledges.
I have no concealment. I hold no opinion which I
would not readily proclaim to my assembled countrymen;
but crude impressions upon matters of policy,
which may be right to-day and wrong to-morrow,
are perhaps, not the best test for the fitness of office.
One who cannot be trusted without pledges cannot be
confided in merely on account of them.
Z. TAYLOR.

Let it be remembered that the whigs
have opposed the veto every time it has been
used for the last twenty years, and that the
Locofocos have been in favor of it every time
it has been used, (including the vetoes of
Tyler and Polk) for the same period. and
there will be no trouble in determining
which party is in favor of "letting the people
rule."